RDMA/mlx5: Return the firmware result upon destroying QP/RQ
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/mlx5: Return the firmware result upon destroying QP/RQ Previously when destroying a QP/RQ, the result of the firmware destruction function was ignored and upper layers weren't informed about the failure. Which in turn could lead to various problems since when upper layer isn't aware of the failure it continues its operation thinking that the related QP/RQ was successfully destroyed while it actually wasn't, which could lead to the below kernel WARN. Currently, we return the correct firmware destruction status to upper layers which in case of the RQ would be mlx5_ib_destroy_wq() which was already capable of handling RQ destruction failure or in case of a QP to destroy_qp_common(), which now would actually warn upon qp destruction failure. WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 995 at drivers/infiniband/core/rdma_core.c:940 uverbs_destroy_ufile_hw+0xcb/0xe0 [ib_uverbs] Modules linked in: xt_conntrack xt_MASQUERADE nf_conntrack_netlink nfnetlink xt_addrtype iptable_nat nf_nat br_netfilter rpcrdma rdma_ucm ib_iser libiscsi scsi_transport_iscsi rdma_cm ib_umad ib_ipoib iw_cm ib_cm mlx5_ib ib_uverbs ib_core overlay mlx5_core fuse CPU: 3 PID: 995 Comm: python3 Not tainted 5.16.0-rc5+ #1 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:uverbs_destroy_ufile_hw+0xcb/0xe0 [ib_uverbs] Code: 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e e9 44 34 f0 e0 48 89 df e8 4c 77 ff ff 49 8b 86 10 01 00 00 48 85 c0 74 a1 4c 89 e7 ff d0 eb 9a 0f 0b eb c1 <0f> 0b be 04 00 00 00 48 89 df e8 b6 f6 ff ff e9 75 ff ff ff 90 0f RSP: 0018:ffff8881533e3e78 EFLAGS: 00010287 RAX: ffff88811b2cf3e0 RBX: ffff888106209700 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: ffff888106209780 RSI: ffff8881533e3d30 RDI: ffff888109b101a0 RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: ffff888127cb381c R09: 0de9890000000009 R10: ffff888127cb3800 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff888106209780 R13: ffff888106209750 R14: ffff888100f20660 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 00007f8be353b740(0000) GS:ffff88852c980000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f8bd5b117c0 CR3: 000000012cd8a004 CR4: 0000000000370ea0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> ib_uverbs_close+0x1a/0x90 [ib_uverbs] __fput+0x82/0x230 task_work_run+0x59/0x90 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x138/0x140 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1d/0x50 ? __x64_sys_close+0xe/0x40 do_syscall_64+0x4a/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae RIP: 0033:0x7f8be3ae0abb Code: 03 00 00 00 0f 05 48 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 41 c3 48 83 ec 18 89 7c 24 0c e8 83 43 f9 ff 8b 7c 24 0c 41 89 c0 b8 03 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 35 44 89 c7 89 44 24 0c e8 c1 43 f9 ff 8b 44 RSP: 002b:00007ffdb51909c0 EFLAGS: 00000293 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000003 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000557bb7f7c020 RCX: 00007f8be3ae0abb RDX: 0000557bb7c74010 RSI: 0000557bb7f14ca0 RDI: 0000000000000005 RBP: 0000557bb7fbd598 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000293 R12: 0000557bb7fbd5b8 R13: 0000557bb7fbd5a8 R14: 0000000000001000 R15: 0000557bb7f7c020 </TASK>
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 5.8 and later | 5.10.192, 5.15.128, 6.1.47, 6.4.12, 6.5 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.8 and later Fixed in 5.10.192, 5.15.128, 6.1.47, 6.4.12, 6.5 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 5.10.192; 5.11 to before 5.15.128; 5.16 to before 6.1.47; 6.2 to before 6.4.12 | Vulnerable | Linux |
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 5.10.192; 5.11 to before 5.15.128; 5.16 to before 6.1.47; 6.2 to before 6.4.12 Vulnerable ·Linux
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.192, 5.15.128, 6.1.47, 6.4.12, 6.5
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 3 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-53286
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fvfh-cc4q-w5cr
References
Patch 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73311dd831858d797cf8ebe140654ed519b41c36
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a650d3ccd79cdd5796edd864683a6b8dd0bf576
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fe7815e784bf21061885f8112a7108aef5c45bd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04704c201bb08efaf96d7b1396c6864f8984e244
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22664c06e997087fe37f9ba208008c948571214a
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Sources
- CVE-2023-53286 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-53286 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fvfh-cc4q-w5cr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2023-53286 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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